Safety seam-ripper.



C. G. WOODWORTH.

SAFETY SEAM RIPPER.

APPLICATION EILED MNA?, 1913,

fwjk'ym l Patented De@ 16, 1913` v/:T IETEFim-E):

'lllUll-il STA ililliiS- PATENT llllilfllih dpeciication ci' Letters imtent.

Ritented lfiee. it', NME-l To uit' whom t may concern:

Be it lmown that ll, CHARLES C. lilloon- WORTH, e citizen of the lUnitedStates, and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and Stateof Oregon, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in SafetySeem-Rippers, of which the .following is a Specification.

My invention relates to safety seamiip pers and its object is to providea device of this character for cutting; or rippingn a seam or stitchwithout liability of injury to thc user or to the fabric operated upon.

' l shall describe my invention by reference to the drawings whichaccompany and form a part oi' this specification und illustrate oneembodiment of my invention.

ln the draivinge, Figure l is :i front elcvaticn of my improved seamripper. Fig. 2 is a front elevation with certain parte shown in section.Fig. 3 is a plan view end Fig.- l is a section teken on the .line Li-iof Fig. i..

Dressdnakers and tailors have found thet discarded safetyrazor biadesmake efiicient sea1n-rippers, but experience has shown that euch a bladecannot conveniently be han` died on account of .liability of injury tothe operator. I therefore provide a handle or holder for a thinhighlvsharpened cutting edge, such as a safety/water blade, and in theparticular drawings selected for illustrating my invention, l representsa holder having a head 2 which ie provided withalongitudinally-extending slot for receiving the blade li. lt has beenfound advantageous in practice to have the bladev adjustable withrespect to the head, and, in the present instance as shwn, tile blade isprovided with. a longitudinal siot 6 through which the thumb-screw '7,the end of Which isV u rotary motion to the cutter to facilite@ therippingr operation. 'lhiu coneiructimi of the handle also permits thework always to he in sight and preserves the cutting: edge from injuryin case of accidental tall. The shape of the handle results in, giving'the de \ire a more perfect balanre.

lt will be understood that various inodiii cations muy be made in theparticular de-Y xire described and shown in the drawings withoutdeparting' from the Spirit of my in vention,

l claim:

A safety scam-ripper comprising' a, holder having a heed provided with eloiipgitudinallyextending opeirended Slot, a blade provided with alongitudinal slot, a screw for securing said blade in the slot oi" seidhead, said screw passing through the slot in the blade, and a handle forsaid head, said handle being curved downwardly toward the blade-side ofsaid heed and constituting a longitudinal extension thereof.

In testimony whereof, l have hereunto subscribed my name this` 8th dayci: dan. 1913.

CHARLES C. WODVi/'Oltrlfl illitnesses LBUN ANDERSON, l?. DnLuAN.

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